June Brown
Born in Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK — Feb 16 1927• Died Apr 03 2022
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June Muriel Brown OBE (16 February 1927 – 3 April 2022) was an English actress and author. She was best known for her role as Dot Cotton on the BBC soap opera EastEnders (1985–1993; 1997–2020). In 2005, she won Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards and received the Lifetime Achievement award at the British Soap Awards. Brown was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to drama and to charity, and promoted OBE in the 2022 New Year Honours. In 2009, she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for…
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EastEnders
Dot Cotton
Doctor Who
Eleanor
Minder
Joany
Play for Today
Hilda
The Sweeney
Mrs. Martin
Strictly Come Dancing
Self
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Z-Cars
Performance
Spinster
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Angels
Churchill's People
Agnes Paston
Going Live!
Self
Doomwatch
Kit Pedler
Dixon of Dock Green
Brenda Walker
The Duchess of Duke Street
Violet Leyton
Survivors
Susan
The Edwardians
Eliza Bottomley
Shadows
Mrs. Donn
Bean
Delilah
Lace
Mrs. Trelawney
Gormenghast
Nannie Slagg
Oliver Twist
Straw Dogs
Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)
Ain't Misbehavin'
Mrs Jilkes
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Linda
Psychomania
Mrs. Pettibone
Armchair Theatre
Ruth Preston
Murder by Decree
Annie Chapman
Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
Self
Pirates
Ethel & Ernest
Ernest's Step Mother (voice)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Woman Patient
The Children's Party at the Palace
Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach)
Nijinsky
Maria Stepanova
Sitting Target
Lomart's Neighbour
Ladies
Brenda
The 14
The Mother
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital
South Riding
Lily Sawdon
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Self
Bed
Spinster
Misunderstood
Mrs. Paley
Inadmissible Evidence
Dinner Guest
Hospital!
Cleaner
A Christmas Carol
Mrs. Dilber
Margery and Gladys
Gladys Gladwell
Horatio Bottomley
Eliza Bottomley
The Lock-In
Dot Cotton
Behind The Screen
The Lady's Maid's Bell
Emma Saxon
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
Melanie
Sorry
June
Spidarlings
June
Toby the Square Boy
(voice)
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
Lady Eleanor
It Started in Paradise
Announcer
The Shining Pyramid
Mrs. Joy
A Touch of the Victorians
Ruth Preston
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
Self
Way Off Beat
Mrs. Wentworth
EastEnders: Dot's Story
Dot Cotton
Brenda
Alice Penny
Broken Glass
Sheila Heron
June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend
Self